People keep saying the episodes are shorter, but other than the super sized episodes, are they actually shorter than usual? I thought they were always 39/40 minutes?

I enjoyed some of that episode but it feels like we haven't had a very meaty challenge yet. I hope next week will change that. The Pulse talk was really saddening, I feel so bad for Cynthia the weight she must have on her shoulders that someone went there only to see her :(

 

In terms of the actual challenge, I largely agreed with the winners/losers. Based just on that, Trinity > Valentina > Eureka > Charlie > Peppermint > Sasha > Nina > Cynthia > Shea > Alexis > Kimora > Farrah > Aja. Valentina continues to surprise me with her comedy, her sidekick was hilarious. Trinity the same, I just did not expect this of her pre-season. Charlie and Eureka's also really made me laugh. Farrah by rights should have been bottom two, as all three of the bottom three had woeful sidekicks, but Farrah is just adorbs so I don't mind. Of the three she did give me princess the most and both her and Kimora still looked gorgeous. Aja is just a complete mess to look at, her story made no sense and she makes one weird face constantly for her 'comedy'.

 

That said, she absolutely destroyed Kimora. Partly because of how poor Kimora was, but she was good. Not Chi Chi, Kennedy, Trinity, Coco level, but good.

 

Overall now:

01 (04) Valentina - How can you argue, she's slaying.

02 (05) Eureka - I'm sorry, I love her. Helpful friendly queen! And her dog sidekick gave me life.

03 (02) Shea

04 (01) Nina - I still love her but I was a bit put off this week by the killjoy approach in Untucked, and also I thought the voguing as an alien was just a bit of a bizarre choice. It's hard to stan when you hardly see someone too.

05 (03) Peppermint

06 (06) Charlie - I think she was both stunning and funny but I really like my top 5!

07 (09) Trinity - Growing on me every episode.. total unexpected package

08 (11) Farrah - Personality based rise.

09 (10) Sasha

10 (07) Alexis - She gives me polished but she isn't wow-ing me.

11 (08) Cynthia - No beef with her and I loved 'c'mon English lessons' and her story, but she just isn't exciting.

12 (12) Aja

 

Could all change next week ;)

Is it me or Untucked would be so much better if they returned to putting them all in that silver/gold lounge type of set? Claustrophobic feeling is always a good catalyst for any type of drama. Untucked has become so boring to watch these past few seasons for that reason probably

Yeah, I definitely miss old Untucked :( I feel like, because it's so tame these days, when something happens like Aja this week, all the new fans are up in arms like "OH BITCH", when really it was NOTHING on some of the arguments of past. It used to be essential, for sure.

 

I'm agreeing with Adam also about Eureka now, I was unsure on the first episode because she was so clearly trying to be the loudest for every entrance but now she's settled in, I'm actually really liking her. Genuinely think she's still getting hate online due to being a larger queen and people seem to be less susceptible to the odd bit of bitchiness when it's from a larger queen but she's done well in every challenge so far and seemed lovely to Farrah this week.

 

Also, GIVE NINA MORE SCREEN TIME FFS.

 

Ranking right now:

 

1. Nina Bonina Brown

2. Shea Coulee

3. Farrah Moan (lower down on talent but 3rd on how much I find myself rooting for her and I love her personality/look)

4. Valentina

5. Charlie Hides

6. Peppermint

7. Eureka O'Hara

8. Sasha Velour

9. Trinity Taylor

10. Alexis Michelle

11. Aja

12. Cynthia Lee Fontaine

 

There's something I like in all of them now though, I must say. I'm too kind.

I love Detox, but I think she can be too unnecessarily mean sometimes. Her saying on Twitter Valentina doesn't deserve her win is bit far. I know it's a TV show and everyone should have opinions but she is a well respected Drag Race alumni, so should be a bit more respectful of the queens starting out I feel? She also made out that her accent was fake but loads of the Queens have accents/voices as part of their shtick (Katya, Alaska, Alyssa etc).

 

Also, always been here for Eureka! She's V talented!

I enjoyed some of that episode but it feels like we haven't had a very meaty challenge yet. I hope next week will change that.

 

I think it definitely should.

 

The next three episodes challenges are apparently:

 

 

Episode 4: Talk Show

Episode 5: Kardashian, The Musical

Episode 6: Snatch Game

 

Yeah, I definitely miss old Untucked :( I feel like, because it's so tame these days, when something happens like Aja this week, all the new fans are up in arms like "OH BITCH", when really it was NOTHING on some of the arguments of past. It used to be essential, for sure.

 

I'm agreeing with Adam also about Eureka now, I was unsure on the first episode because she was so clearly trying to be the loudest for every entrance but now she's settled in, I'm actually really liking her. Genuinely think she's still getting hate online due to being a larger queen and people seem to be less susceptible to the odd bit of bitchiness when it's from a larger queen but she's done well in every challenge so far and seemed lovely to Farrah this week.

 

Also, GIVE NINA MORE SCREEN TIME FFS.

 

Ranking right now:

 

1. Nina Bonina Brown

2. Shea Coulee

3. Farrah Moan (lower down on talent but 3rd on how much I find myself rooting for her and I love her personality/look)

4. Valentina

5. Charlie Hides

6. Peppermint

7. Eureka O'Hara

8. Sasha Velour

9. Trinity Taylor

10. Alexis Michelle

11. Aja

12. Cynthia Lee Fontaine

 

There's something I like in all of them now though, I must say. I'm too kind.

Omg yeah. I just rewatched season 6 and that Laganja argument was a perfect contrast to what we had last week. Can't even call it an argument...

 

And omg at all of them spending half of the episode praising each other and not even being slightly shady. I guess nobody wants to be a bitch this time, phi phi o'hara is still too fresh on everyone's minds~

Michelle commented on one of Detox's posts in which he was shading Valentina saying: "i will comment on this after the season is over. i am SO entertained". Detox's post which was saying she is not buying Valentina's "bullshit" was also liked by Raja, Pandora Boxx, Delta Work, Sharon Needle's fiance, Phoenix, Shea and Alexis Michelle.

 

Really wonder what she has done to get all the girls so pressed, and even Michelle involved?

 

I am absolutely adoring Valentina so far, so I am really not here for some big expose. If it is just that she has been doing drag longer than 12 months, I wouldn't give a shit because that shouldn't matter. Hopefully it can bring some drama (Valentina vs. Shea & Alexis???) but I am not here for this spoiling Valentina's chances as she is clearly a spectacular queen.

Yes! I was thinking the same about Untucked watching this episode and then I had the Laganja fiasco on my Tumblr thing randomly :lol: It's just so... muted nowadays. As has been said, when you see stuff like that and look back at how things exploded, and then see that now it's just "I think x should've been in the bottom girl that was awful", it's quite disappointing. I used to proper hunt for a link at the first opportunity, but now I get to say Monday or Tuesday and it comes up on recommended on Youtube and I just sort of half watch it.

 

 

Ooh at that beef, hopefully that comes up on Untucked and we actually get something from it!

I think the deal with Untucked is that once Absolut left as a sponsor the show's budget didn't extend to anything beyond what it does now and obviously with that came the new direction. I think people forget that Logo especially is cable TV and it's a channel with very little money to spend on its own. Although now they've bumped up to VH1, who knows?

Michelle commented on one of Detox's posts in which he was shading Valentina saying: "i will comment on this after the season is over. i am SO entertained". Detox's post which was saying she is not buying Valentina's "bullshit" was also liked by Raja, Pandora Boxx, Delta Work, Sharon Needle's fiance, Phoenix, Shea and Alexis Michelle.

 

Really wonder what she has done to get all the girls so pressed, and even Michelle involved?

 

I am absolutely adoring Valentina so far, so I am really not here for some big expose. If it is just that she has been doing drag longer than 12 months, I wouldn't give a shit because that shouldn't matter. Hopefully it can bring some drama (Valentina vs. Shea & Alexis???) but I am not here for this spoiling Valentina's chances as she is clearly a spectacular queen.

I am SO ready for this, I am in such need for this season to throw up some major ESCANDALO. Valentina to be unmasked as a secret snaky bitch. I knew there was something I didn't trust in that ridiculously toothy smile.

VH1 is supposed to be an upgrade but it feels like a downgrade, see the premiere feeling like "season 1.5" :lol: It has picked up a fair bit since but I still expected bigger things but maybe this season it'll find its feet on VH1 and then get a bigger next season, idk.

Michelle commented on one of Detox's posts in which he was shading Valentina saying: "i will comment on this after the season is over. i am SO entertained". Detox's post which was saying she is not buying Valentina's "bullshit" was also liked by Raja, Pandora Boxx, Delta Work, Sharon Needle's fiance, Phoenix, Shea and Alexis Michelle.

 

Very odd. I hope they have a reason and it's not just people being jealous and mean for no reason...? Maybe it turns out she's been doing drag a lot longer than 10 months?

Very odd. I hope they have a reason and it's not just people being jealous and mean for no reason...? Maybe it turns out she's been doing drag a lot longer than 10 months?

 

There are pictures emerging of her online with her in a Boulee Brother's drag competition over 2 years ago. Apparently she did her first ever drag live performance and moved to doing it professionally 10 months before the show started but she had been perfecting her look for a good year and a half before that and entering pageants.

 

If that is all it is I'm already over it. I want something more juicy :kink:

I think I've started I want Aja to do well :lol: I can't stop watching her Untucked rant for some reason but it's exactly what the show needed - a messy bitch. I'm all for her hanging on another few episodes, giving us some bitter, stroppy moments and serving us some more amazing lip syncs because I don't care what you say but she absolutely served it this time.

 

Like, I've been watching Season 8 back a bit recently and I've decided it needed Derrick, which I didn't realise at the time, messes are essential :lol:

https://twitter.com/CGBPosts/status/852202425758998534

 

LMAOOOO

Very odd. I hope they have a reason and it's not just people being jealous and mean for no reason...? Maybe it turns out she's been doing drag a lot longer than 10 months?

Not sure if Pandora would like something like that for no reason tbh

 

This is so funny. Can't stop laughing at the Jaymes Mansfield forward roll part :lol:

I'm stressing at all the preview clips implying that

Charlie Hides

is the next to go. :(

I'm stressing at all the preview clips implying that

Charlie Hides

is the next to go. :(

 

Yeah, she also said on her podcast thing

she is sure to get more airtime this episode.

. There is also a clip of Ru having a rant outside the workroom about not being negative (which seemed to aimed a queen) wearing the same suit he is in the preview for this episode and in an interview all the queens claimed

Charlie was the most likely to talk back to the judges. So I think there could be a Charlie vs. Ru moment like there was with Pearl in S7 coming as well. Maybe she calls him out for showing her dust so far and then also doesn't slay the challenge (as the clip suggests) and Ru takes the opportunity. I will be gutted if that's the case.

 

 

You can see the video here: https://www.facebook.com/RuPaul/videos/1336...57/?pnref=story

 

Eureka also reposted that very video on her timeline this morning, a whole 9 months after it was originally posted, so it is clear that it is to do with this episode tonight.